Monday, August 18, 2014

The Seventh Ring of Hell is a Tough Act to Follow

Class starts on
adult time
clouds wander
past window
dressing
chin-on-elbow
there's dreary
professor at head
of porcelain desked
aisle murmur of students
didactic voices
pedantic lies [wait
a [sic] second]
starting over
like pull-chain-on-
lawnmower
drilling scheduled--

now listen up
front row,

now fall back
silent,

swaying professor
sways right to left
bites apple on chalk
board SCRATCH

felt image in brain

nails like peeling
off--

this was a dream
like I had sailing
in mother's
womb

this was all
I remembered.

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